Most brilliant soldier -- You are accountable -- Be ye also ready -- Reputation of unsullied honor -- Good God are the Americans all asleep? -- None but Almighty God shall prevent my marching -- I have resigned my commission -- Our gallant colonel -- Forlorn hope -- He will turn out a great man -- Gallant defense -- By heavens I will have justice -- Devilish fighting fellow -- You will hear of my being victorious -- Inspired by the fury of a demon -- We'll have them all in hell -- I am heartily tired -- On you alone my happiness depends -- Because I might have done wrong -- Whom can we trust now? -- Nil Desperandum -- Notes, sources, and related asides -- Index

Drawing on Arnold's surviving writings and on the letters, memoirs, and political documents of his contemporaries ... a fascinating portrait of a brilliant man, consistently undervalued by his peers, who made a choice that continues to reverberate through American history